Advertising door brace



Jan. 6, 1942. w, VERNON 2,268,681

ADVERTISING DOOR BRACE Filed Jan. 17, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l 7\ fi/i'm fizz/w 2? fi/ I) 33 6 Q f/ I. 3 2:? a w 1 Patented Jan. 6, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,268,681. I l

Anvnn'rrsmdnooa fiance William F. Vernon, Newton, Iowa Application January 1'7, 1940. Serial No. 3 1 4,194 7 (c1. loqzs) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to door braces of a type adapted to be applied to screen doors for stores and the like.

Such doors are subject to unusually hard service and often are in need of bracing. In this situation the busy Storekeeper is glad to have braces particularly adapted for the purpose, and thus an opportunity for supplying such braces exists.

It is the particular object of this invention to provide a door brace which may be applied to any corner of a screen door and which is adapted to carry advertising properly positioned for display regardless of the position of the brace.

Another object is to provide in an advertising door brace, structure which will permit convenient and economical production.

A further object is to provide an advertising door brace which is adapted to support a handle or door pull and/or an adjustable brace rod.

And a still further object is to provide an advertising door brace wherein it is advantageous and desirable to apply an advertising plate and wherein such advertising plates may be replaced or changed.

Other objects and benefits will be disclosed in the following descriptions and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation view of a screen door showing various applications of my advertising door brace;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation view of my advertising door brace carrying the advertising plate and a handle for a door pull;

Fig. 3 is a side cross sectional elevational view of the door brace shown in Fig. 2 as it would appear on the section lines 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of a modified structure of my door pull wherein a corner brace for the advertising plate has been supplied by piercing a section out of the door brace as will later be explained;

Fig. 5 is a side cross sectional view of the door brace shown in Fig. 4 as it would appear on the section lines 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a rear elevational view of a screen door showing my door brace with an adjustable brace rod and wide advertising plate as will later be explained; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged broken cross sectional view of my door brace and adjustable brace rod as it would appear on the section lines 1-! of Fig. 6.

Now referring to the drawings, and at the outset to Fig. 1, I show a conventional screen door S to which has been applied my advertising door braces in various positions A, B, C, D, and E. It

will be obvious that the advertising plate must be reversed for the positions A and B and that the handle might have to be transposed if it would be applied in various positions, say, as between A and C.

Now referring to Fig. 2, I designate the general triangular formed door brace by the numeral I0.

This door brace has a triangular raised section l2 and a depressed central section II. The entire outline of the brace I0 is formed with an angular flange I3. It will be appreciated that my door brace ID will be formed in dies under a punch press and this process, together with its general shape, would make such a door brace ill adapted through holes I9, 20, 2|, and 22. It will be obvi-- ous that the holes 2| and 22 are adapted to receive the handle l8 when the door brace is used in various positions, as between the positions A and C, as shown in Fig. 1. When the holes I9, 20, 2|, and 22 are not used for mounting the handles, they are available for attaching the brace to the door in conjunction with the holes 23, 24 and 25, as shown in position C, Fig. 1.

It will be apparent that when my advertising brace is applied to a screen door, as shown in Fig. 1, the inside corner of the advertising plate I4 is rather exposed and unsupported, thus offering an opportunity for bending and damage. In order to protect the advertising plate from such damage I provide a brace to the unsupported corner, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This brace is pierced from the depressed section II and folded outward to support the plate I4, being firmly attached thereto by the bolt 21, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

It will be apparent that the door brace 10 with the pierced support 26 when used alone would be quite unsightly. It would, therefore, be advantageous and desirable to cover this unsightly section by the advertising plate l4, thus providing an impelling motive to use the advertising plate which, of course, is distinctly advantageous to the advertiser.

In many cases screen doors have received such rough service in public use that the joints are loosened to an extent where the door sags and rides on the door sill. For such doors I supply an adjustable rod brace 28 which is attached through the corner hole M of the advertising plate M by means of the ofiset connection 29, as distinctly shown in Fig. 7. The rod brace 28 runs to an angle bracket 3| attached to the corner of the door by screws and through the vertical leg of which the rod 28 is adjustably supported by means of the thread 30, as will be well understood. It will be apparent that by this structure I have provided means whereby such sagging screen doors may bereadily supported and braced. It will further be observed that the advertising plate I4 is a necessary element of this brace and, therefore, the advertising plate must be used, a result highly desired by the advertiser.

In some instances, it is desirable to use a wider advertising plate 33 as shown in Fig. 6. Such plates may be made in various widths to fit different size doors or with various conventional adjustment means for the same purpose.

From the foregoing description it will be understood and appreciated that I have provided an advertising door brace which may be appliedto any comer of a screen door and which will carry an advertising plate economically produced to be supported on such door braces in proper position for display. Further, that my door brace may be equipped with a handle to provide a convenient door pull; and still further, that I have provided means whereby an adjustable brace rod may be provided for the door.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In an advertising door brace, a formed triangular brace, said brace having embossed rectangular sides and a depressed triangular inner section, a flat rectangular advertising plate adapted to be mounted on the depressed inner section and within the embossed rectangular sides, brace rod means attachable to the advertising plate to adjustably support the door, means to mount the brace on any comer of a door, and demountable means to mount the advertising plate on the brace in proper position for display regardless of the position of the brace.

WILLIAM F. VERNON. 

